Happy New Year

Happy New Year

From Marystown, Newfoundland

As 2020 comes to a close I just wanted to take the time to wish one and all a happy, safe, heathly and prosperous New Year in 2021.  Hopefully things will get back to some semblance of normal by the end of the summer.

Thank you to everyone for sending along photos of your tree, decorations, family, pets, et al for my little Christmas tree project. 60 entries - WOW!! I loved all the photos and I am not sure if you have seen them all but I picked out a few that for one reason or another struck a chord with me. Gladys & I both looked forward to seeing your photos. I'm sure Cheryl would have loved it too.

This one for obvious reasons!

This one where Rachel & her mom decorated a tree on the Garnish trail in Cheryl's memory.

This is a photo of my brother Kevin's backyard display in Moncton. On the left is his Gazebo made in the likeness of the Allan's Island Lighthouse where our father worked for a time while we were growing up. He also has a life sized cutout of a man which represents dad. All the ornaments were made by Kevin.

This one is from our friends Clayton & Cassie in Lindsay, ON and it brings me memories of growing up in Lamaline where there aren't any trees to cut down. Someone in town would drive 45 minutes to cut some trees and you would take one along with some spare limbs to fill in any holes. As you can see here they used one of the dog's squirrel toys to fill in a hole. :-)

Those 2 trees I had to include as they were done by 2 university students to get themselves into the Christmas spirit - on the left is UVIC first year student Chelesa in Victoria while on the right is MUN 3rd year engineering student Kevin's tree.

This lovely set of mummers comes from Jocelyn in North Vancouver. They were made by her parents and a couple of friends a few years ago. Awesome detail there.

This lovely ornament which kind of defines 2020 comes from Mark & Amelie in Port Moody, BC. I love it.

It seems that we have gotten further & further away from this during Christmas in later years but I still have many fond memories of the stable, animals & wise men. This great set belongs to Lorraine & Gibby in the Beaches in Toronto.

Not sure how Derek & Patti in Torbay managed to do it but to get 4 dogs to stay still long enough for such a photo had to be a bit of a chore. Well done!

Love this photo of the Dildo sign from Tish & Darren. Nice to see the sign lit up for the Christmas season.